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NEW YORK (AP) — A man in a stolen Porsche trying to evade law
enforcement was shot and killed by an officer Tuesday night in
Brooklyn, according to the New York Police Department.
The 28-year-old was driving on the Belt Parkway just after 8
p.m. when officers flagged the vehicle as “suspicious,” NYPD
Chief of Department John Chell said during a news conference.
Officers checked the plate and discovered it was stolen out of
Pennsylvania.
Officers tried to pull the car over, but the driver exited the
parkway and then got back on it, Chell said. When they tried to
intercept the car again, it quickly drove onto a service road
where several officers had set up a road block.
The Porsche “came into close proximity” of one of the officers
and nearly hit him, Chell said. An officer shot the driver and
the car continued on and hit another department vehicle, he
said.
A passenger in the car was apprehended and officers “performed
lifesaving measures on the driver," Chell said. The driver later
died at a hospital.
The driver was on federal probation for interstate transport of
stolen vehicles from Pennsylvania, Chell said.
No additional information about the driver was immediately
provided.
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